The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

At the end of August, the weather has started to get cooler.

Looking at it, the leaves of many trees in the palace are beginning to turn yellow. Just wait for the autumn rain to pass and the weather will turn cold completely.

Jiang Shiying was sitting on the second floor of Jiangxue Pavilion. When the window was opened, the lake view outside came into view.

The lake surface is calm, with only ripples appearing occasionally when the wind blows.

It was rare that her mind was empty and she just looked at the scenery outside in a daze.

At this time, she heard a "click" sound on the wooden stairs. Jiang Shiying turned around and saw A Yuan coming up holding a tray.

There was freshly brewed hot tea on the tray. As A Yuan removed the half-warm teapot on the table for her, he whispered: "The news from outside has come in."

"Oh?" Jiang Shiying was a little surprised. She originally thought that the transmission of the news would encounter some obstacles during this period, and she was already prepared to wait for a while.

She knew that because of what happened to the fourth prince, the palace had been tense recently.

The investigation of this matter seems to have come to an end. In fact, Yao Xingde and the people from the Shenxing Division are still secretly scrutinizing the manpower in the palace.

Lu Zhaolin didn't take special precautions in front of her about this matter, and she only heard about it intentionally or unintentionally.

Jiang Shiying asked: "Our people have not been discovered, right?"

Ah Yuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, Madam."

Then, she talked about today's topic: "Our people have already checked the details of Master Kongming. He is now forty years old and became a monk in Guanshan Temple in Cixing thirty-three years ago.

Seventeen years ago, he began to travel to major Buddhist temples and discuss the Dharma with eminent monks. Fourteen years ago, he opened a forum to teach Dharma at Wannian Temple in Yunzhou, and he became famous for a while.

He returned to Guanshan Temple ten years ago to take over as the abbot, and was only invited to Guiyun Temple three years ago. "

After Jiang Shiying heard this, he pondered for a moment, and then said, "He traveled for three years and then became famous in Yunzhou?"

A Yuan said: "Yes."

Jiang Shiying said: "Let me conduct a detailed investigation in Cixing and Yunzhou, especially Yunzhou."

Ah Yuan responded and came down.

Then, Jiang Shiying stood up from the chair, stretched his muscles a little first, and then said: "When Ning Bin came yesterday, she said that there was a maple tree planted next to the water in the southeast corner of the palace. I don't know if it is red now. , let’s go and have a look.”

It was a bit far from Jiangxue Pavilion, and Jiang Shiying and his people walked for almost half an hour.

I guess it's not yet time, the maple leaves are basically still green, with only a little bit of red visible here and there.

Even so, these branches are long and slender, with lush leaves and branches, which are reflected on the water, which makes them very interesting.

Jiang Shiying admired the scenery for a while and then took the people away: "Go back, your Majesty will come to Jiangxue Pavilion for dinner tonight."

Turning around, he happened to meet the second princess Yongning, the queen's direct daughter.

Princess Yongning has always relied on her status as a direct descendant and has always been arrogant in front of concubines like them. For some reason today, he was very polite.

"Yongning has met the pure noble concubine."

"Princess free of charge."

Princess Yongning asked: "Where are you going, your Majesty?"

Jiang Shiying said: "Just walking around casually."

After a few words of greeting, Jiang Shiying took the people away.

But I heard Princess Yongning say: "Please stay here."

Jiang Shiying asked her: "Is there something wrong, princess?"

Princess Yongning said: "I have something to do, and I would like to ask Concubine Chun for help."

"I wonder what's going on?"

Princess Yongning said: "My mother has been confined in Qinghe Pavilion for nearly twenty days. I would like to ask Concubine Chun to help me and plead with my father to lift my mother's confinement."

Jiang Shiying frowned: "Princess, please forgive me for not being able to do this. Your Majesty personally issued a decree and ordered the Queen to recuperate in the Qinghe Pavilion. How can I, a concubine, dare to interfere in the affairs between the emperor and the empress."

Not to mention, the queen wanted to harm her before she was banned. She didn't add insult to injury, she already asked herself how she could help the queen out if she was very kind.

Hearing this, Princess Yongning showed an obvious look of displeasure on her face: "Isn't it because of the pure noble concubine that the queen mother was grounded? Now the pure noble concubine said that she did not dare to interrupt, but she was unwilling to help me and deliberately It’s just an excuse.”

Jiang Shiying asked: "Where did the princess hear such words?"

Lu Zhaolin ordered on the spot that no one was allowed to tell about what happened in Guiyun Temple that day.

Otherwise, if the Queen, as the mother of a country, conspired with a lewd monk to frame the concubines in the harem, it would slap the entire royal family in the face.

Listening to Princess Yongning's words at this moment, it didn't seem like she knew the truth of the matter. It was more like someone was far-fetched in her ears and pinned the matter on Jiang Shiying.

Princess Yongning refused to tell her: "You don't have to worry about where I heard such words."

Then, he said with a strong attitude: "You only need to answer whether you will help me or not."

Jiang Shiying was not a good-tempered person to begin with. Hearing this, he did not bother with her and just said, "I'm sorry to have to obey my order."

Then he turned around and took the people away.

At this time, a female voice was heard from a distance: "Be careful, my dear!"

The next moment, Jiang Shiying felt a strong impact on the side of her body. The momentum caused her body to tilt to the right, and then she fell into the lake.

The person who hit her was Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning was used to being domineering, and she had long been prejudiced against Jiang Shiying, believing that it was her who caused the queen to be grounded.

When talking to her just now, he kept suppressing his temper.

She thought she was humble enough, but unexpectedly she was rejected by Jiang Shiying one after another. She was so angry that she suddenly did something like knocking someone into the water.

But her strength was too great and she couldn't hold it back for a moment. She followed Jiang Shiying and fell into the lake with a "plop".

The moment she fell into the water, Princess Yongning panicked.

She didn't know how to swim, and her survival instinct made her flap her arms in panic on the water. She opened her mouth to call for help, but instead she took a few mouthfuls of lake water and her body floated on the water.

On the shore, Ah Yuan received the look Jiang Shiying gave her in time, and the moment she fell into the water, she resisted the urge to pull her back.

At this time, seeing that Jiang Shiying had floated up and was swimming in the lake, A Yuan ordered: "Lan Hui, go back and get some cloth towels and clean clothes."

Seeing that Princess Yongning only brought one palace maid with her today, she added: "Bring one more girl who is not shirtless."

Lan Hui nodded and hurriedly ran in the direction of Jiangxue Pavilion.

A Yuan and Yu Chengyi looked at each other, and Yu Chengyi understood instantly: "The Za family will report to His Majesty in person."

A Yuan said: "Thank you, father-in-law."

In the blink of an eye, Yu Chengyi disappeared.

It stands to reason that when a princess travels, there should be four or five palace attendants accompanying her.

Today, I don’t know what happened, but there was only Zi Ding, the eldest palace maid, with me.

At this moment, seeing A Yuan sending everyone out, Zi Ding said anxiously: "You have sent everyone away, who can go down and rescue them? Do you know how to swim?"

Then, she was about to shout and call for the nearby palace people to come and save the princess.

A Yuan pointed at the lake and said, "See for yourself."

On the lake, Jiang Shiying was almost swimming to Princess Yongning.

She knew how to swim, but the clothes she wore today looked complicated and beautiful, but after entering the water, they were really cumbersome. In addition, she also wanted Princess Yongning to learn a lesson, so although she couldn't leave the princess alone, she deliberately slowed down her swimming speed.

The subconscious reaction of a drowning person is to grab the people or objects around them, and the same is true for Princess Yongning.

Jiang Shiying didn't want to be implicated by her, so as soon as he got close to her, he hit her on the back of the neck with his palm, causing her to faint.

After swimming to the shore, A Yuan and Zi Ding both hurried over.

She pushed Princess Yongning forward: "Pull the princess up first."

After the princess was pulled up, Ziding sat on the ground, holding Princess Yongning's upper body, trying to wake her up, completely forgetting that Jiang Shiying was still in the water.

Jiang Shiying didn't care and easily got ashore with Ah Yuan's strength.

A Yuan said: "Lan Hui went back to get cloth towels and clean clothes, and Eunuch Yu went to report to His Majesty."

As she spoke, she was about to take off her outer garment and put it on Jiang Shiying.

Jiang Shiying stopped her: "Goodbye, I have been practicing martial arts all year round and I am in good health. I am not afraid of the cold."

On the other side, there is Princess Yongning.

Ziding called "Princess" repeatedly, but Princess Yongning never responded.

Ziding was a little anxious, then looked at Jiang Shiying, and said in a bad tone: "How could the noble concubine knock out the princess? If your majesty blames it, can the empress bear it?"

Jiang Shiying frowned and said, "Ah Yuan, teach her the rules of talking to the master."